Chauncey Pratt Williams (December 6, 1860 – December 25, 1936) was an American historian, banker, and soldier. Williams graduated from

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, where he was a member of the varsity

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, and the

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. He was president of the Albany Exchange Bank and, from 1909 to 1917, served as adjutant-general of the

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. Williams wrote extensively on the history of the

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, including biographies of the trappers Antoine Robidoux and Bill Williams; United States Senator

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; and frontiersmen John Hoback and John Coulter. His works on this subject are held at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. In 1886 he married Emma McClure.

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Chauncey Pratt Williams Writings on the American West. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Chauncey Pratt Albany Law School alumni Adjutants General of New York (state) 1860 births 1936 deaths